OHURA A., P., AND I. ASSOCIATION.
The Executive Committee met at ; Waipu on January 12th. ; The president explained that the date of intended show (March 2nd) being the date of the Centra! Waikato Show and the athletic sports at Mangaroa, he had altered the date to March Sth.--Resolved on the motion of Mr Hutton that the president's action be confirmed. A. S. Patersoa wrote arranging for space for exhibit. A. Warnock, secretary of Hardware Association, declined to assist. The following donations and prizes were offered: —Messrs Biiiney, one gallon of sheep dip; Hill and Plumnier, Auckland, goods as a prize; Singer Sewing Machine Co., offering a machine a3 a prize; John Cobbe, Feilding, offering to allow his donation to be allocated by committee; E. Griffiths, New Plymouth, £1 Is; "King Country Chronicle," congratulating the district on progress made and donating £1 Is; Irvine Bros., Tauniarunui, £1 Is; Pilkington, seed to the value of 10s 6d; Laidlaw Leeds, Auckland, £1 Is; C. Otto, Onganie, £1 Is; R. Luckman, Matiere, £1 Is; T. J. Brennan, Matiere, £3 3s; D. Morpeth, £1 Is; R. Cashel, £2 2s; J. L. Ryan, Matiere, £1 Is; J. Gray, Matiere, 10s; Kelly Bros., Matiere, £2 2s; Moore and Wills, Matiere, piece of furniture; W. R. Williams, Mangaroa, silver mounted riding whip; Martin, Mangaroa, riding bridle; Wilkie, Matiere, riding bridle; Gear Co., Wellington, half ton manure.
The following prizes were allocated : —Best lady rider, silver mounted riding whip, presented by W. R. Williams; hunters' competition, John C'obbe's £2 2s; milch cows, first £1 Is, second 10s, third 5s (first E. Griffiths' special) ; best Romney ram, any age, "King Country Chronicle's" £1 1; best Lincoln ram any age, Laidlaw Leeds' £1 Is; best 14-stone hack, C. Otto's £1; best home-made bread. Hill and Plunimer's goods; champion hack, R. Luckman's £1 Is; collection of local seeds, Gunson's 10s (id; mare or gelding to be ridden by lady, Moore and Will's trophy; best pen of three ewes, suitable for local farming, suitable for fattening, and suitable for breeding crossbred lambs, Brennan's £3 3s (£1 Is each) ; best pan of wethers suitable for butcher. Kelly Bros'. £1 Is; fat bullock, Kelly Bros'. £1 Is; best cob, J.Gray's 10s; best two-horse team, J. L. Ryan's £1 Is; best mare or gelding hack, D. Morpeth's donation ; best bull on ground, R. Cashel's £2 2s; ladies' riding competition. Wilkie's riding bridle; gent's riding competition, Manning's riding bridle ; high jump, Martin's bridle; best three year colt by Iron Duke, D, J. Bruce's £2 2s; best three year filly by Iron Duke, D. J. Bruce's £2 2s; best baby on ground Dr Latchmore's silver loving cup. It was resolved that entries for horticultural and industrial sections close on the 7th March. The committee examined the proposed show grounds and made preliminary arrangements for getting material on ground. NOTES. A petition, signed by ratepayers, has been presented to the County Council, praying that a poll be taken to ascertain the feeling of the ratepayers upon rating on the unimproved value. Petitions are being circulated to have a Rabbit Board formed under the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908. Owing to the spread of rabbits from the northern boundaries it is being forced upon the settlers the need of protecting themselves from the pest. The Waitewhena, Waikaka and Ma-tiere-Mokau roads are enabling the rabbits to invade the Ohura central districts. Active measures taken now, will control the inroad at a very little cost to settlers while delay will mean increased cost to destroy, besides the damage done by the rabbits.
At the monthly meeting of the Cooperative Dairy Company., payment was made at Sd for December month, giving suppliers £-19lJ. Negotiations with the Tokirima settlers have advanced so far as an offer being made by the Co-operative Company to take delivery of the cream from Tokirima for a minimum of 200 cows (1251bs of butter fat to represent a cow) and pay the Tokirima suppliers the same price as paid to shareholders, guarantee to be for one season,
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 332, 28 January 1911, Page 5
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667OHURA A., P., AND I. ASSOCIATION. King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 332, 28 January 1911, Page 5
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